Good news for contractors, developers, and design professionals – Massachusetts’ highest court has recently confirmed that you cannot be held liable for negligent design, planning, or construction activities more than six (6) years after you finish that work. ...
Year: 2019
No Variance Necessary to Increase Preexisting Nonconformity; c. 40A § 6 Finding Sufficient
Land use practitioners in Massachusetts are well aware of the “difficult and infelicitous” language of the first two sentences of G. L. c. 40A, § 6 concerning single and two-family dwellings. The statute reads: Except as hereinafter provided, a zoning ordinance or...